+Re: Prebiotics Other Than Inulin?

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Greg, you've hosted an unknown probably infectious disease for awhile and it is

tough to eradicate, but that long road you're on personally doesn't invalidate

inulin or prebiotics generally. 95% respond well to it, and the other 5% take

longer, sometimes much longer, and sometimes need other approaches.

I had hoped Wil's quick cure would do anything at all for you but it didn't

either. Standard treatment would be antibiotics followed by synbiotics as I

said, but I'd use the synbiotics the whole time as well.

all good,

Duncan

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> > , while probiotics taken orally are not a requirement for probiotic

flourish in the gut, prebiotics that keep them viable in decent numbers are.

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> > If you take a probiotic in an attempt to make the process faster, make sure

it has several strains of bifidobacteria in it because that's the most powerful

probiotic and lactobacilli have a hard time maintaining a favourable ecology

compared to bifidobacteria. Prebiotics are described in terms of being

bifidogenic for this reason.

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> > Inulin is the best prebiotic IMO because it also feeds the fewest pathogens.

Inulins from several common sources are functionally equivalent and natural,

" native " inulins contain some sugar that can be removed to yield a more

long-chain product. Most people do OK with " native " inulin though and the

highest inulin-containing foods are usually well tolerated too.

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> > My inulin page contains a purchase point and many inulin references

including a table of inulin content of a few foods, about a week of reading and

learning curve altogether

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> > http://tinyurl.com/inulins

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> > The thing to watch for online is mal-information, or less of an issue,

simple uninformed opinion, on this subject. Give more weight to the data than to

myths, give your prebiotic program a fair trial, even 2 years, and meanwhile

compare your personal experiences with those of many others on this particular

list and you'll be fine.

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> > all good,

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> > Duncan

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